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Stater
| Issuer | Aetolian League |
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| Year | 250 BC - 225 BC |
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| Value | 1 Stater = 3 Drachm |
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| Obverse lettering | ΛΥ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Aetolian League expanded aggressively through central Greece in the third century BC, and its coinage reflects that ambition — issued not by a single polis but by a federal authority increasingly willing to project military and political reach. The League's destruction of a Galatian raiding force at Delphi in 279 BC had cemented its pan-Hellenic prestige, and the decades following saw a confident expansion of both territory and federal monetary output.
The BCD Akarnanaia reference places this piece within a collecting tradition focused on northwestern Greek federal coinage, where attribution can hinge on subtle die links and hoard provenance.